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Assembly elections: How exit polls missed target

Pollsters appear to have missed the target once again in their projections in two of the states -- Punjab and Uttarakhand -- and even Uttar Pradesh threw up figures that did not match the predictions.

BJP to meet Goa Governor on Wednesday to stake claim to form govt

The BJP-MGP combine will on Wednesday stake claim to form government in Goa, along with two Independent legislators.

BJP leader Manohar Parrikar, who led the party's campaign in the state, said seni

France's Sarkozy edges up in election polls

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy moved closer to Socialist election frontrunner Francois Hollande in an opinion poll published on Tuesday, two weeks after he formally entered the race for April's pres

Team Anna to kick start its campaign from Haridwar

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Team Anna will start its campaign in five election-bound states from Uttarakhand from January 21. Members of team Anna will campaign for a strong Lokpal bill, against corruption and other issues such

Rejected candidate hurls grenade at rival's house

A Manipur poll aspirant whose nomination papers were rejected was arrested for exploding a powerful grenade at his rival's house, police said on Monday.

The person, Moirangthem Totomsana, was arrest

Huge cash movement in poll-bound states: EC writes to RBI

Fearing that banks may be ‘misused’ to bribe voters with cash during the forthcoming polls in five states, the Election Commission has asked the RBI to ensure that banking channels are not exploited f

EC teams seize Rs 19 crore cash, 36 lakh ML liquor in Punjab

Surveillance and Income Tax department teams, deployed for checking black money and narcotics in poll-bound Punjab, have seized close to Rs 18.84 crore cash and confiscated over 36 lakh ML of foreign

Mayawati attacks EC for covering statues of BSP's poll symbol

In a veiled attack on Election Commission, UP Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday said its order to cover statues of BSP's poll symbol 'elephant' and those of her own was ‘one-sided, wrong and an insult

Punjab polls: 801 nominations rejected

As many as 801 nominations were rejected during scrutiny as withdrawal of papers started on Saturday for the January 30 Punjab Assembly election.

During scrutiny on Friday, nomination papers of 801

Vladimir Putin says no to TV presidential debates

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will not take part in TV debates with rival candidates ahead of the March 4 presidential elections, his spokesman said on Thursday.

Putin has never come face-to-

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